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New methods enable adaptive image and video tokenization

Researchers have developed new methods for adaptive image and video tokenization, allowing models to dynamically allocate computational resources based on visual complexity. AdaTok, a self-budgeting discrete 1D tokenizer, learns to adjust its token count per image, achieving competitive fidelity with significantly fewer tokens on average. Separately, a new framework for adaptive video tokenization uses temporal redundancy masking and latent inpainting to achieve efficient, content-driven token allocation, resulting in substantial inference-time speedups. AI

IMPACT These adaptive tokenization techniques could lead to more efficient AI models for image and video processing, reducing computational costs and increasing inference speeds.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains two distinct research papers introducing novel methods for adaptive tokenization in computer vision tasks.

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Xiaocheng Lu, Yuxi Chen, Jie Zhang, Jian Liu, Jingcai Guo, Fangqi Zhu, Tao Han, Song Guo ·

    AdaTok: Self-Budgeting Image Tokenization with Quality-Preserving Dynamic Tokens

    arXiv:2606.07185v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Image tokenizers, from 2D grids to recent 1D sequences, typically encode every image with the same fixed number of tokens. Yet visual complexity is highly heterogeneous, so a uniform budget overspends on simple inputs and underserve…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Song Guo ·

    AdaTok: Self-Budgeting Image Tokenization with Quality-Preserving Dynamic Tokens

    Image tokenizers, from 2D grids to recent 1D sequences, typically encode every image with the same fixed number of tokens. Yet visual complexity is highly heterogeneous, so a uniform budget overspends on simple inputs and underserves complex ones. Existing elastic tokenizers expo…

  3. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Kevin Dave, Sai Aditya Patkuri, Chhaya Kumar Das, Gouranga Bala, R. Venkatesh Babu, Rajeshkumar SA ·

    Adaptive Tokenisation Via Temporal Redundancy Masking And Latent Inpainting

    arXiv:2606.06158v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adaptive video tokenisation seeks to dynamically allocate token budgets based on the underlying visual complexity of a sequence. Current continuous-regime approaches achieve this via iterative binarised searches or trained neural re…

  4. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Rajeshkumar SA ·

    Adaptive Tokenisation Via Temporal Redundancy Masking And Latent Inpainting

    Adaptive video tokenisation seeks to dynamically allocate token budgets based on the underlying visual complexity of a sequence. Current continuous-regime approaches achieve this via iterative binarised searches or trained neural regressors, while discrete methods often require a…